Bar Davidi

It's not bad (the acting), but it's not good (Simmons' storyline)

A movie that's seemingly perfect for this half-decade bent on a nostalgic 90's renaissance, mid90s is much like its protagonist Stevie trying to hang out with an older crowd: it emulates its cinematic predecessors (favoring 4:3 cinematography, a scene showing a teen use a videorecorder to interview a man on the street) but fails to innovate on its own.

With very few hiccups, this is a solid, well-crafted piece of retro 80's grind-arthouse film that takes its vision and runs with it for 121 minutes; achieved by great cinematography and soundtrack and aided by spot-on casting choices: the obvious being Nic Cage's Red and the refreshingly haunting Andrea Riseborough's Mandy (seriously channeling Shelley Duvall's The Shining stare).

Josh and Benny Safdie orchestrated a humane tale of crime set outside-looking-in on real life AND film genre